Tortoise brooch

Two gilded bronze oval brooches with silver and niello inlays. Gripping beast decoration in Carolingian style, plus six four-sided openwork knobs. Around the upper part of the brooches runs a twisted silver thread. Grave find, Birka, Bj 552, Adelsö Parish, Uppland.

Image rights: Ola Myrin, Historiska museet/SHM (CC BY 4.0